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=== Education ===

=== Education ===

Karla earned her MA in International Relations and International Public Law from the University of Amsterdam and has a Bachelor of Law (JD) from Brazil. She speaks several languages.

Karla holds an MA in International Relations and International Public Law from the University of Amsterdam and has a Bachelor of Law (JD) from Brazil. She speaks several languages.

=== Career History ===

=== Career History ===

She has been in the Domain Name industry since 1998. She has developed and managed over 160 worldwide partnerships and devised strategies to Fortune 500 companies on global online branding, domain name portfolio development and protection. She worked for [[VeriSign]] for 7 years as Senior Product Manager/Senior Registry Relations.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=546048123 facebook.com]</ref> In this role, Karla was responsible for developing, deploying and managing a wide range of [[TLD]] products and partnerships for the Digital Brand Management Services Group. Prior to joining VeriSign, Karla was Director of Global Service Development of [[1GlobalPlace]], Inc. As the international operations point-of-contact, she developed and managed the company's global operations, all TLD and brand protection service portfolio and communications. Additionally, she served as in-house co-counsel for international [[IP]] issues, supported the company's acquisition process and transition of intellectual property assets. Before working at the TLD industry, Karla has helped US companies with international expansion planning and provided cross-cultural communications training.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/valente.htm icann.org]</ref>

Valente has been working in the Domain Name industry since 1998. She has established and supervised more than 160 worldwide partnerships. She has also help companies in the matters like global branding and domain name portfolio development. For seven years, she has worked at [[VeriSign]] as the Senior Product Manager.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=546048123 facebook.com]</ref> In this position she developed, deployed and managed various [[TLD]] products and partnerships for the Digital Brand Management Services Group. She has also worked as the Director of Global Service Development of [[1GlobalPlace]], Inc. She was the point of contact for the International Operations, she supervised the global operations of the company. Additionally, she served as in-house co-counsel for international [[IP]] issues, supported the company's acquisition process and transition of intellectual property assets. Prior to joining the TLD industry Valente assisted companies with international expansion planning and provided cross cultural communications training.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/valente.htm icann.org]</ref>

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